New Jersey's Department of Labor & Workforce Development announced an $8.4 million investment of state funds into expanding the state's talent development centers, which are dedicated to creating partnerships between industries and state colleges to offer training and employment opportunities.
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Op-Ed More roads won’t fix our traffic problem
Vince Calio of NJBIZ wrote an opinion piece recently highlighting New Jersey’s “perpetual traffic jams” as a serious deterrent to Amazon in its search for a location for its second headquarters. He is correct: New Jersey’s best-in-class traffic congestion is a serious deterrent to many employers interested in attracting and...
Read More »Trump’s opioid addiction declaration is meaningless without funding, say NJ officials
New Jersey politicians, as well as the head of one of the state’s largest addiction rehab centers, have said that President Donald Trump’s declaration of the opioid crisis as a National Health Emergency is largely meaningless.
Read More »Small business transactions reach record high for Q3 2017
New Jersey had the highest number of closed transactions for small businesses in recent years during Q3 2017, according to an insight report compiled by San Francisco-based BizBuySell.com
Read More »Fund for NJ awards 167,000 in grants to nonprofits affecting policy
The Fund for New Jersey, an organization dedicated to improving public policy decision-making, has awarded $167,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations.
Read More »Five years after Sandy, PSEG completes upgrades to withstand another superstorm
Five years after Superstorm Sandy, Public Service Electric and Gas has completed infrastructure investments that will help protect the state’s power distribution grid withstand another major storm. During and after Superstorm Sandy, 2 million PSE&G customers were left without power – some for days.
Read More »Murphy leads Guadagno by 20 points, with majority of women voters
Gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy, Democrat, leads his opponent Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, Republican, by 20 points, according to a poll released by Quinnipiac University on Wednesday.
Read More »Survey says NJ business friendliness gets a C-
New Jersey’s business friendliness ranked near the bottom compared to other states in the country according to a survey done by San Francisco-based services firm Thumbtack.
Read More »Rutgers survey nearly one-quarter of the state is stressed out
State residents are stressed out, according to the results of a new state Health and Well-Being poll conducted by Rutgers Center for State Health Policy on the stress levels of New Jerseyans.
Read More »Horizon BCBSNJ reports big savings through its value-based care initiative
The state’s largest health insurer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, saw a 50 percent increase in patient enrollments in its value-based, "patient-centered" programs in 2016.
Read More »In any direction you drive, New Jersey’s roads are too congested
If the state is serious in trying to attract Amazon.com’s vaunted HQ2 facility (or any other business, for that matter), it desperately needs to relieve its perpetual traffic jams.
Read More »NJ Natural Gas lowers rates for 2018
New Jersey Natural Gas has received approval from the state’s Board of Public Utilities to slightly lower its rates this year.
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